ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, December 10, 1996 TAG: 9612100089
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Blacksburg parade winners
BLACKSBURG - The winners in Blacksburg's Christmas parade, held Saturday, were:
* Best Unit on Corps. Gregory Guard
* Youth float. First: Boy Scout Troop #44. Second: Independence Secondary School. Third: Riverview Holiness Youth Camp.
* General Float. First: Terrace View Apartments. Second: Old Time Music and Dance Group. Third: Virginia Tech Forestry Club.
* Non Float. First: Town of Blacksburg/Street Sweeper. Second: Cub Scout Pack #150. Third: Cub Scout Pack #56.
* Band. Blacksburg High School.
* Greek. Alpha Gamma Rho.
* Honorable Mentions. First: Balloon, Basket and Clown Company. Second: Dori Del Farm. Third: New River Valley Bike Club.
Pulaski parade postponed
PULASKI - Pulaski's Christmas Parade has been postponed until Thursday at 7 p.m.
The parade was originally scheduled for Dec. 5, but was postponed because of snow.
The parade will begin on First Street and proceed down Main Street.
For information, call 980-1743 or 980-1991.
Calling changes begin in April
CHRISTIANSBURG - Christiansburg residents will be able to make local calls to Roanoke and Salem beginning in April, but will have to pay an extra $2.79 a month for the extended local service plan.
Residents in Roanoke will pay 20 cents more for toll-free calling to Christiansburg. Salem residents will pay 33 cents.
The State Corporation Commission approved the change earlier this year.
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